Fort Lauderdale High School - Ebb Tide Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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PARTIES GALORE IN APRIL . . . Even April showers failed to keep Lauderdale students away from the beach. Beach parties, coke- tail parties, bermuda parties or whatever the ex- cuse might have been, Lauderdalites were on the party craze. Wheel Clubbers, in keeping with the festive mood, presented their annual Service Club Ball for LHS's seven service clubs. With baseball season in full swing, the football hero was forgotten. April Fool's jokes began the month, but for seniors, things were taking on a strange seriousness, as April passed from view and L's went into the final month. trying to forget such things as school. Lazily in With a Wave of Spring Fever Four lovelies, Suzi Smith. DeEtte McPheron, Barbara Roman, and Marsha Mitson, make up a portion of the Melody Circus chorus line. Don't get your hopes up, says Jeff Little to himself as Jill Spavin falls for that old April Fool's trick. It’s empty. 49

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Happy LHS-ers spend a contentod Sunday afternoon lazily soaking up the sunshine, and Rain, rain, go away! —and it did after successfully soaking Faye Eddie. Skip Beisler. and Molly Nicols. APRIL Creeps I'll go if you bring me flowers. teases Nancy Connor be- fore she accepts Lindsay Eve's invitation to the Sophomore Class dance. April arrived bringing with her a wave of spring fever. With summer already in view, students slowed down to the pace of spring and thought of love. Balloons, clowns, and pretty girls filled the stage of War Memorial Auditorium in Anchor and Wheel Club's annual variety show, Melody Circus. The crowning of Miss Melody climaxed the event-filled evening. War Me- morial was also the scene of Key Club's annual Youth Rally. Guest speakers were political leaders from all over the state and entertainment was provided by local per- formers. Aspiring journalists got a glimpse of a real, live news- paper as Press Club journeyed to Miami to visit the Miami Daily News offices. Miss Sears, Latin teacher, was voted teacher of the year at LHS and juniors got their first taste of competitive tests as National Merit Exams were given to their class. Romance was in the air as Flying L Romeos escorted their flower-like Juliets to the sophomore class dance. Summer tux and shimmering formals in pastel shades blended in rhythm as couples danced to the strains of Come Softly. As graduation drew near and college plans became vitally important, seniors took weekend visits to prospec- tive campuses and returned to LHS with a collegiate air enveloping them. Shouts of Got that Spirit? Yea, Man! echoed through the gym as cheering tryouts went into the final week.

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At last it had finally arrived! May was here in all her glory with summer not far behind. May didn't come alone, for with it came the much awaited arrival of the EBB TIDE and a round of signing parties, some- thing new for the sophomores and a finale for the seniors. As for the juniors, they were not lagging be- hind. The last minute plans for the prom kept them too busy to notice the absence of the seniors on Senior Skip Day. Crazy shirts, straw hats, and bermudas were the order of the day as the rowdy upperclassmen roared down to Greynolds Park for their day of legal- ized skipping. Although it was the last month of school. May rushed by very quickly as juniors and sophomores got ready to take on their positions as upperclassmen and seniors, looking a little dreamy-eyed, primed them- selves to take those final steps. Then, at last, prom night arrived. Girls, with their hair pinned up, dashed downtown for those last minute necessities and nervous boys phoned to make sure that the corsage would be ready on time. The Junior-Senior Prom had arrived. The girls in shimmering formals and the boys in their white dinner jackets almost floated on air as they skimmed around the dance floor at the Hollywood Beach Hotel. Following the dance, they donned bermudas and attended a movie at the Gate- way. From the movie, they trailed out to the Country Club for a splash party and then climaxed the events v ith an appetizing breakfast on Saturday morning. As the Prom night faded into memories, May slipped into the past as June was here at last. 1$ this the same girl who sits next to me in geometry? wonders Bob Berryhill as he escorts his Cinderella. Jan Cooper, to the prom. Watch out for Bruce! cries Ava Ann Camp as Bruce Dempsey begins to bop Pat Booth with a canoe paddle. Backed by Jane Hodge and John Herrick. Pat is ready to strike back. This and other such antics were all a part of Senior Skip Day.